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Management of mixed cryoglobulinemia with rituximab: evidence and consensus-based recommendations from the Italian Study Group of Cryoglobulinemia (GISC).
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Article
Author
Quartuccio, Luca; Bortoluzzi, Alessandra; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Marangoni, Antonio; Del Frate, Giulia; Treppo, Elena; Castelnovo, Laura; Saccardo, Francesco; Zani, Roberta; Candela, Marco; Fraticelli, Paolo; Mazzaro, Cesare; Renoldi, Piero; Scaini, Patrizia; Filippini, Davide Antonio; Visentini, Marcella; Scarpato, Salvatore; Giuggioli, Dilia; Mascia, Maria Teresa; Sebastiani, Marco
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Subject
*CRYOGLOBULINEMIA
*RITUXIMAB
*IMMUNE complexes
*HEPATITIS C virus
*HEMATOLOGIC malignancies
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0770-3198
Abstract
Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) or mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCS) is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis characterized by the proliferation of B-cell clones producing pathogenic immune complexes, called cryoglobulins. It is often secondary to hepatitis C virus (HCV), autoimmune diseases, and hematological malignancies. CV usually has a mild benign clinical course, but severe organ damage and life-threatening manifestations can occur. Recently, evidence in favor of rituximab (RTX), an anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody, is emerging in CV: nevertheless, questions upon the safety of this therapeutic approach, especially in HCV patients, are still being issued and universally accepted recommendations that can help physicians in MCS treatment are lacking. A Consensus Committee provided a prioritized list of research questions to perform a systematic literature review (SLR). A search was made in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane library, updated to August 2021. Of 1227 article abstracts evaluated, 27 studies were included in the SLR, of which one SLR, 4 RCTs, and 22 observational studies. Seventeen recommendations for the management of mixed cryoglobulinemia with rituximab from the Italian Study Group of Cryoglobulinemia (GISC) were developed to give a valuable tool to the physician approaching RTX treatment in CV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]